About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0079
  • TitleBrooklyn Eagle Building demolition
  • SummaryDemolition of Brooklyn Eagle Building in downtown Brooklyn; wrecking crane and rubble before building; General Post Office Building in background; demolition shed in left foreground; man with fedora hat and hands in pockets before shed, observing demolition.
  • Date[1954?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's name and title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorSchouten, William M. [photographer]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Eagle ; Wrecking ; Newspaper buildings ; Post office buildings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Eagle: Demolition